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lat
/lɑt/
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What does lat mean?
noun
- A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- (slang) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
More meanings (12)
noun
- (slang) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
- (informal) Clipping of latitude.
- Initialism of lowest astronomical tide.
- Initialism of laboratory animal technician.
- Acronym of large air tanker, a class of waterbomber.
- Initialism of living apart together, describing a couple who live at different addresses.
- (rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- (historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
adjective
- Initialism of living apart together, describing people in an intimate relationship who live at different addresses.
proper noun
- Initialism of Los Angeles Times.
- The station code of Lam Tin in Hong Kong.
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IPA pronunciation
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Humming-birds may be seen sucking the flowers, and parrots feeding on the seeds of the Winter's Bark, in lat.
That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the Nautilus floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
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It was therefore decided that four men should bring ashore the little that remained, while the other four went southward to lat.
The view was obscured, but we proceeded to the south-east and had gained 24 miles by noon, when three soundings in lat.
And, for the love of god that us bath wrought, Lat in your brayn non other fantasye So crepe, that it cause me to dye!